The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


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Cot ION Bolls Cracking Opon from the
Effects of the Hoat--A Barlow Coun-
ty Baptist Clergyman Charged with
Incest Bartow's Grand Jury Max es
the Rca, Estn+o Boomers Vince.
GEORGIA.
Burrlar.es are numerous all over tho
State
Several new business houses will be
opened in Albany about Sept l.
Joe Berry, a painter, with red face and
red mous+s.che, is in the tolls at Atlanta.
One car load OF melons netted n Camilla
shipper SO. Another got returns of s.. 70
for a car load. There are millions IN 1T
sometimes.
Mrs. A. f. Franklin, OF Brunswick, day
or two ago, picked prune of her own rails
ing. 1t was Of the Italian variety and very
juicy indeed.
The company who viii erect a $4,000 ice
factory at Admission have written here Of
feriug to put q factory IL Tallapoosa If de
sired by the people.
The tax digest of Chattahoochee county
for 1887, received by the Comptroller, shows
a decrease of 50 6Sj in the taxable property
of the county since last year.
The Harmony Baptist Association will
lapoosa Baptist church, converting on FRI
day before the first Sunday in October
John Robertson, a crippled negro, is
locked up in "A cell at Atlanta, charged with
the murder Of his own child by cruel treat
ment, the infant having been sckly one.
At Griffin Thursday A. ]. Clark, for "a
number of years engaged in the mercantile
business in Griffin, sold his entire stock of
goods to Charles Wolf, who will IN the
future continue.
T. Z. Beall. formerly of the Hogansville
Enterprise. will soon begin the publication
of paper called the Woodbury. Hot Blast,
at Woodbury. Ga. The first number will
be issued about Aug. l.
At the last regular session the Board Of
Aldermen of Atlanta authorized the Mayor
and Chairman of the Finance Committee
to sell S25, 900 worth of the gas stock if it
could be sold at par.
1t is reported that Jim Gregory, living on
one of the Goodwin places in the lower part
Of Mitchell county, undertook TO beat his
wife "A few days ago, when she seized brick
and dealt him a David and Goliah blow
which killed him.
Will Crawford, Of Bucna Vista, has Il
calf which acts in the place of yard dog.
This calf will not notice people whom it's
accustomed to, but let strangers, and espe~
cially children, come in the yard and he
makes them get about lively.
A. S. Dorsey brought to Athens Thurs
day boil of cotton that had been forced
open by the hot weather before it had ma
tured. Mr. Dorsey says there are plenty of
bolls cracking open before they are half
matured from the hot, scorching weather.
Last Sunday the little child of Mr.. Dick
son, who lives on Mr.. Dawsons place near
Montezuma, fell and struck its chin, biting
its tongue nearly Off DR. Richardson tried
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it was impossible to work in the mouth of
the little sufferer.
Letters were written by Gov. Gordon
Friday to Gov Hill of New York, and Gov.
Richardson, of South Carolina, recommend
ing to both executives the appointment of
w. ID. Mcmillan, Jr., of Savannah, as Com
missioner of Deeds for the States of New
York and South Carolina, respectively.
At Athens Thursday j. j. c. McMahan,
member of the large wholesale and retail
dry goods house of MeSSrs Cohen, McMahan
81 Co., sold out his interest in the business
to the remaining partners. This change
was made on account of Mr.. McMahan'S
health, it not permitting him to engage in
any combining business.
Master Albert Skellie, of Fort Valley,
has one of the most sensible chickens in the
State. He can put an empty oyster can or
match box down, mount the chicken on il,
"
off. Then he can mount him on q stick,
jerk tho stick from under him, and the
chicken will light ON his head. 1t viii dc
many other tricks.
On Monday two negro men, while chop
ping the grass out on Maj. Meals planta-
ton, between Marshallville and Fort Val
Icy, became enraged over a discussion and
abandoned the grass crop and began to hoe
each other. One of them was "hOed out,
and died from his wound on Wednesday
The other is now lodging officers, whfc
grass continues to grow and the country
damaged but little.
Owing to the ravage of some dreadful
disease to the trees Oglethorpe county
is in a fair way to be entirely with
out peaches in a few years. This diseas,
has been going on for some time in a small
way but this year it is telling on a larg,
percentage of tho trees, which when they
are attacked the leaves turn brown, curl III
and in a few weeks the tree is dead. n,
remedy has yet been found TO prevent it
spread
There is nothing like politencss OH all oc-
casions. Politeness is natural with some mon
and it may be acquired and become n habit
with anyone who will try. A gentleman o
Cedartown, proverbial for his politeness
was passing one of our back streets and oh
served figure in an open window He in
stantly bowed in his most graceful way anC
said: "Good morning. Hearing no re
Spouse, and taking a second look, III
observed that the figure was skeleton in
doctors office.
A number of the ministers of the Fowl
town and Kiokee Colored Missionary Bap
fist Associations have been in consultation
in Albany during the last few days, anC
have started a movement for the establish
ment Of a denominational high school II
Albany. About thirty ministers met OF
Tuesday, and organized by electing tn,
Rev. Willis Warren President and Rev. G.
II. johnson, Vice President. The two asso
Citations embrace about 1l5 churches, with
membership ranging up into the thous
ands, and it is proposed to erect q gooC
building ia Albany aud establish u denomi
aational high school
George Gibson, q cultivated and peasan
French gentleman representing q ram
manufacturing company, with capita
stock of Sl30,OO0 has the present week BEEF
TO Beech Island S. c., on a visit TO DR.. w
r. Eve, TO whom he had letter Of intro
duction, looking for a site for ramie facto
nv and farm. Mr.. Gibson thinks he ha
found in DR.. Ewes Cowden plantation Jus
what he needs, good land for raising tn
ramle, clear, soft water in abundance TO
bleaching purposes, and convenience 10 tn
railroad He says that he likes il bette
than any place he has seen since he has bee'
South
Rev Sam Jones and his wifo crr.ive,